Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Question: Chattanooga’s newly reopened Walnut Street Bridge carried cars from 1891 until what year?

Answer: Cars used the bridge until 1978, when it was closed as unsafe and the state recommended tearing it down. Instead, the community rallied to save it, and it reopened as a pedestrian bridge in 1993, stretching 2,376 feet across the Tennessee River.